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The latest Locus Magazine (July) mentions Hughes several times. "Matthew Hughes' well-plotted Archonate tale, 'Thwarting Jabbi Gloond', is a return to the early days of the Sherlock Holmesian consulting discriminator, Henghis Hapthorn, and a useful example of the principal that a mystery's solution lies too often in plain sight." (Nick Gevers, p58.) Black Brillion is number 25 in the Best SF Novel category of the Locus readers' poll, beating the redoubtable Jack McDevitt among others. The ad for Interzone list Matthew Hughes as a contributor to the May/June 2005 issue. Nominees for the 2005 Prix Aurora awards for Best Long-Form Work in English include Black Brillion.
Fantasybookspot.com has posted an online interview with Matt.
Matt reports "I've just sold my first story to the British magazine Postscripts. It features Luff Imbry before he became a scroot. It should run in September."
I have updated the bibliography with information that Matt Hughes sent me, including some forthcoming short stories.
The latest Locus Magazine (Dec) has a favorable review of Black Brillion by Nick Gevers. It is also listed in the "New and Notable" section.
Night Shade Books has just announced they will be publishing a collection of Matt's stories called The Gist Hunter and Other Stories. More information here.
Modified cover art for Black Brillion can be seen here.
The new Archonate novel, Black Brillion, is featured in an advertisement in the October issue of Locus Magazine. You can view it here.
The new Archonate novel, Black Brillion, will be officially launched at White Dwarf Books, Vancouver's oldest and coolest SF bookstore, at 3 p.m. on Saturday, November 13. The address is 3715 West Tenth Avenue (at Alma) and the store's URL is http://www.deadwrite.com/wd.html. Matt will be reading and signing copies.
Matt has set up a new website at www.archonate.com for his fantasy works.
The SF Site has posted Matthew Hughes' review of Clark Ashton Smith's The Double Shadow.
In the June 2004 issue of Locus Magazine, Matthew Hughes' novelette "A Little Learning" is reviewed by Richard Horton. It is the first story in his article, and is in the "Recommended Stories" list.
The cover of Black Brillion is available for your viewing pleasure, on the Tor website, or click here.
In the May 2004 issue of Locus Magazine, Matthew Hughes' novelette "A Little Learning" got a nice mention by Nick Gevers: "Matthew Hughes Archonate novelette, "A Little Learning", is the essence of fanciful extravagance, the tale of a resourceful apprentice magician tracing some of the more dangerous routes through the human noosphere; this amorphous terrain ... all drawn by Hughes with an orotund gusto reminiscent of - who else? - Jack Vance."
The Mar 2004 issue of Locus Magazine reports that "Matt Hughes pulled off a literary hat trick, selling four stories in three different genres, to Storyteller, Asimov's, F&SF, and Alfred Hitchcock's Mystery Magazine, all in one week last December."
Matt reports that his name is on the cover of the March Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction.
Matt reports "Today I received acceptance letters for a short story sale to Asimov's (my first) and a novella sale to Alfred Hitchcock's (my second). My head has now swelled to a size that allows me to wear both my authorial hats at once."
Matt reports that "Gordon Van Gelder, editor of Fantasy & Science Fiction, informs me that my story "Mastermindless" will be in the March edition."
Matt reports that Fools Errant is on the syllabus of a course in Canadian SF being taught at a college on Vancouver Island. The instructor is Marilyn Bowering, a highly regarded Canadian poet and novelist who is very fond of the book.
There is a nice review by Tom Easton of Fool Me Twice on the Analog magazine website.
The science fiction editor of Amazon.com has listed Fool Me Twice as her number one choice in her "editor's choice monthly" list. "Set in an exotic and strange far future, Matthew Hughes's Fool Me Twice is the entertaining sequel to his fine debut novel, Fools Errant. The witty, satirical Fool novels should please most science fiction and fantasy readers, especially fans of Jack Vance, Douglas Adams, or Jonathan Swift".
Fool Errant is reviewed in the August issue of The New York Review of Science Fiction.
Matt reports that he'll be signing copies of Fool Me Twice at White Dwarf Books in Vancouver on Saturday, August 25 from 2 pm. Matt adds "Also, if anyone's attending the World SF Convention in Philadelphia at the end of the month, I'll be signing and giving away copies of Fools Errant in the dealers room on Thursday, August 30, from 3 pm."
Fools Errant is available as an Adobe or Microsoft ebook from Amazon.com. (It has been for some time, but I neglected to mention it here.)
Gullible's Travels, the omnibus of the first two Filidor books, is now available for ordering from the SFBC.
Time-Warner has posted the first chapter of Fool Me Twice on their web site.
The August issue of Fantasy & Science Fiction magazine has a rave review of Fools Errant by James Sallis.
Uncle Hugo's bookstore newsletter lists Fools Errant as "Gulliver's Travels written by PG Wodehouse."
Matt reports that Fools Errant will be reviewed in the next issue of Locus Magazine.
Matt reports that the Science Fiction Book Club has signed the deal to publish the combined Fools Errant and Fool Me Twice as Gullible's Travels. It will be offered in the August flyer, which is mailed out in mid-July.
Matt also reports that "my short crime stories are in two upcoming anthologies: One More Kill in The Best of Blue Murder, launching this week; and Wipe Out in an as yet unnamed invitation-only anthology of Canadian noir fiction, which I believe will be out this fall."
Warner has received an offer from the Science Fiction Book Club to combine Fools Errant and Fool Me Twice into a single volume edition to be a featured alternate this summer.
There are two great reviews of Fools Errant on the Barnes & Noble website; one from Internet Book Watch and one from a customer. The Amazon website has a blurb from Publisher's Weekly, as well as great reviews from three customers, including yours truly. Remember to search for "Matthew Hughes", as "Matt Hughes" won't find it.
Warner-Aspect has a full-page ad in the March issue of Locus Magazine, showcasing only two books; Sarah Zettel's The Quiet Invasion, and Matthew Hughes' Fools Errant.
Matt will be signing books at White Dwarf Books in Vancouver BC March 17th at 3pm.
There is a very favorable review of Fools Errant by Peter Heck in the January issue of Isaac Asimov's Magazine, and on their website.
Time-Warner has posted the first chapter of Fools Errant on their web site. They listed it at the top on the main "Free Chapters" index page, although it might just be in chronological order. They also have a Critical Praise page for the book.
Matt reports "I'll be signing copies of Fools Errant at White Dwarf Books on West Tenth Avenue in Vancouver on Saturday, March 17, from 3 pm, and at the books department of the Overwaitea store in Courtenay on March 31 from 2 to 4. My friend and fellow author Sean Russell will join me for the White Dwarf signing. He'll be signing copies of his new book, The One Kingdom."
Matt adds "Also, I've just been asked to teach again at the Surrey Writers Festival in October."
Locus Magazine reports that Matthew Hughes turned in Fool Me Twice to Betsy Mitchell at Warner.
Matt has sent me his definitive bibliography to date. His first publication is going to be a real challenge to find.
Matt wins the Crime Writers of Canada's Arthur Ellis Award for the best short story of 1999 -- One More Kill -- in the December Blue Murder. The Ellis is named for the official pseudonym of Canada's public hangman and is the Canadian equivalent of an Edgar.
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